page_title: Euphrates
hierarchical_section_title: Euphrates
caption_attribution_description: This is a map of the Tigris - Euphrates Watershed. I, Karl Musser, created it based on USGS data.
context_page_description: The Euphrates is the western of the two rivers that define the borders of Mesopotamia. The other is the Tigris, which joins the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab and flow into the Persian Gulf. Several dams have been built since the 1970s. As a result, less water flows down the river into the sea.
context_section_description: The Euphrates is the western of the two rivers that define the borders of Mesopotamia. The other is the Tigris, which joins the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab and flow into the Persian Gulf. Several dams have been built since the 1970s. As a result, less water flows down the river into the sea.
caption: Map of the Tigris-Euphrates Watershed
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